AMX Panja Viewpoint V3 Installation guide

AMX/Panja Viewpoint Training Manual
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AMX/Panja Viewpoint Training Manual
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Ta ab bl le e o of f C Co on nt te en nt ts s
Battery Charging……………………………………………2
Getting Started……………………………………………3-4
Muting………………………………………………………5
Volume Control……………………………………………. 5
Button Reference Guide…………………………………….6
Instructor Camera Controls…………………………………7
Student Camera Controls……………………………………7
Camera Presets……………………………………………...8
Auto Tracking……………………………………………….9
Monitor Controls……………………………………….10-11
Picture-In-Picture (Sony TV)..……………………………..12
Picture-In-Picture (RCA TV)..……………………………..13
VCR Controls………………………………………………14
Document Camera Controls………………………………..15
Help Menu………………………………………………….16
System Menu…………………...…………………………..17
Cleaning the Touch Overlay………………………………..18
Storage……………………………………………………...18
Appendix……………………………………………………20

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The AMX/Panja Viewpoint is the one-way Infrared remote
device that controls the audio/visual equipment that comes
with the CEC/Vision Athena Distance Learning Package.
This device is the next step in the evolution of the distance
learning equipment package. This manual will help you with
the necessary steps to operate the Vision Athena equipment
package.
Charging the Battery
The ViewPort Docking Station provides a built-in battery
charger and an angled desk docking station to cradle your
ViewPoint touch panel. When a Viewpoint is placed in the
docking station’s cradle, the ViewPoint makes contact with
the charging pins and the docking station supplies power.
The docking station also contains a battery compartment to
keep your spare battery charged. Status LEDs are located on
the bottom front of the docking station. There are three
LEDs; yellow indicates a Viewpoint connection to the
docking station; red shows a battery being charged in the
charging compartment; green indicates that the battery in the
charging compartment is fully charged.

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Getting Started
The Viewpoint should be asleep (black screen) when you
begin. Touch any area on the touch screen. The Viewpoint
will now come on and your ViewPoint touch panel should
now be at the last menu screen used.
If loud noise comes through the speakers immediately after
pressing on the touch panel, press the MUTE REMOTE
button (bottom left external purple button). Remember that
you’ll need to press it again to hear the audio from the
remote site or sites during a connection. If you are using the
equipment with no network connection, be sure to press the
MUTE REMOTE button.
Turning on the System
Your local video source is what image you are sending out to
the other sites connected to your session. Your local video
source buttons are located along the left hand side of the
touch panel screen. Selecting any source (blue buttons) will
turn the system on. The system may also be turned on or off
by pressing the SYSTEM button and pressing the POWER
ON/OFF button.

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INSTRUCTOR CAMERA: this is the camera usually
mounted on the back wall, facing the front of the room.
Think of it as the camera facing the instructor as they stand in
the front of the room.
STUDENT CAMERA: this is the camera usually sitting on
top of the large Sony 53” monitor, facing the back of the
room. Think of it as the one pointing toward the students.
DOCUMENT CAMERA: this button selects the Document
Camera as the local video source.
VCR: this button selects the VCR as the local video source
when the PLAY button is pressed.
AUX IN: this button selects the auxiliary video and audio
inputs on the rear of the console. This is where other A/V
sources or computers (via a scan converter) may be
connected.

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Muting buttons: three buttons (MUTE LOCAL, MUTE
REMOTE and MUTE ALL) control the audio outputs of
the system.
Pressing MUTE LOCAL (Upper left external purple button)
will mute your microphone audio to the remote sights.
“LOCAL MUTED” will be displayed on the large monitor,
when this is pressed.
Pressing MUTE REMOTE (Lower left external purple
button) will mute the audio being received from the remote
sight. Press MUTE REMOTE again to turn off.
“REMOTE MUTED” will be displayed on the large monitor,
when this is pressed.
Pressing MUTE ALL will mute local, remote and the
speakers’ audio. MUTE ALL overrides MUTE LOCAL
and MUTE REMOTE. “ALL MUTED” will be displayed
on the large monitor, when this is pressed.
Toggling Mute Display: You can toggle the mute display
on or off by going into the SYSTEM menu and pressing
MUTE DISPLAY ON or MUTE DISPLAY OFF
respectfully.
Volume Up/Down: The purple buttons on the right side of
the ViewPoint touch panel control speaker volume. Pressing
the top button will make the volume louder and pressing the
bottom button will lower the volume. Best results are
achieved by setting the volume just loud enough for everyone
to hear comfortably. Turn down the volume if you hear
feedback coming from the speakers. If you still hear
feedback or a loud echo of your voice, ask any remote sites
you are connected with to turn their volume down as well.

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SOURCE SUBMENUS
Cameras:
When either the INSTRUCTOR or STUDENT CAMERA
buttons are pressed a camera submenu appears.
PAN: (Directions are from the camera’s perspective.)
LEFT ARROW - used to pan (turn) camera to the left
RIGHT ARROW-used to pan (turn) camera to the right
TILT:
UP ARROW-tilts the camera up
DOWN ARROW-tilts the camera down
ZOOM:
UP ARROW-zooms the camera in for a closer view
DOWN ARROW-zooms the camera out for a wider view

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HOW TO PRESET A CAMERA POSITION
Adjust the camera position using the Pan, Tilt and Zoom
controls until you get a properly “framed” view of your room
and participants. Using the ViewPoint touch panel, these
camera positions can be saved as presets.
1. Frame the camera angle using the ViewPoint controls.
Refer to the Source Submenus section for directions.
2. Once the position is set, press the SAVE PRESET
button. The button will turn green when activated.
3. Select a numbered (1-6) button to store your preset.
After you have stored the presets, you can recall it anytime
by pressing either the INSTRUCTOR CAMERA button or
STUDENT CAMERA button and pressing the
corresponding 1-6 button. Presets stay in each camera’s
memory until a new camera position is saved for that
camera’s preset. Presets are changed by saving a new
position into the desired number (1-6).

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AUTO TRACKING
The instructor camera and student camera both have auto-
tracking capabilities. To use it, complete the following steps.
1. Press the ON/OFF button in the tracking menu.
2. Position subject within the white rectangle appearing
on the screen. The camera tracks by color. The camera
will not detect a white, black or gray shirt.
3. Press the START/STOP button. The white box will
frame a colored object and a number value will appear
on the screen. The higher the number value the easier
time the camera will have tracking the objects
movements. If the white box goes full screen, the
camera was unable to detect the colored object.
4. Press the ON/OFF button to turn off Auto Tracking.
NOTE: Auto tracking is only available on the Sony EVI-D30 cameras. Sony
does not offer this feature in the newer EVI-D100’s. Below is a picture of each.
EVI-D30 EVI-D100…

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Monitor controls:
The Preview monitor is the 13” television monitor that is
located on top of your workstation console. The large
monitor is the 53” Sony television monitor that sits on top of
the pedestal.
By pressing the PREVIEW MONITOR button you can
preview all your video sources. Select which source you
would like to preview. (If you select a camera or a VCR, the
submenus will appear for each item.)

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Pressing the LARGE MONITOR button accesses the 53”
monitor’s controls. The LARGE MONITOR and PIP
submenus will appear.
The LARGE MONITOR menu contains the TV/VIDEO
button and DISPLAY button, as well as the CHANNEL
CONTROL buttons.
The TV/VIDEO button when pressed will toggle through the
video inputs. When connecting to the network, be sure to
have the 53” monitor on Video 1.
The DISPLAY button when pressed will display the video
input being used by the big picture and the PIP. Pressing
DISPLAY again will remove the display from the 53”
monitor. Avoid leaving the input display on for extended
periods of time.
The CHANNEL CONTROL buttons can be used to select
other channels. Press the corresponding arrows to either
toggle up or down through the channels.

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Sony PIP Control
Controlling the PIP (Picture in Picture)
[Sony TV’s only. Please go to next page for RCA PIP control]
The PIP submenu contains four buttons. Pressing the
ON/OFF button will make the PIP box appear.
Pressing the ON/OFF button a second time will reduce the
size of the PIP. The PIP will disappear if the button is
pressed a third time.
Press the SWAP button to trade images between the large
picture and the PIP.
The position of the PIP can be moved to any of the other four
corners on the 53” monitor by pressing the POS button.
Pressing the TV/VIDEO button will toggle you through the
available inputs in the PIP.

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RCA PIP Control
Controlling the PIP (Picture in Picture)
RCA TV’s only. Please go to the previous page for Sony PIP control]
The PIP submenu contains four buttons. Pressing the
ON/OFF button will make the PIP box appear. The PIP
will disappear if the button is pressed a second time.
Press the SWAP button to trade images between the large
picture and the PIP.
The position of the PIP can be moved to any spot on the
screen by pressing the POS [Position] button. (Shown above)
Pressing the TV/PIP CONTROL button will toggle whether
you are controlling the PIP image or the large image on the
RCA monitor.
[NOTE: The RCA Monitor uses the color Yellow to indicate whether you are
controlling the PIP or the large image]
Pressing the BACK button will take back to the Channel
Controls

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VCR Controls:
RECORDING AN EVENT
Using the VCR, you may record either the local or remote
video source, but not both at the same time. To do this;
1. Insert a blank videotape into the VCR
2. Press the VCR button on the Viewpoint
3. Press either the REMOTE: RECORD (to record the
remote sight video) or RECORD: LOCAL (to record
the local sight). Audio is recorded from both locations.
STOP
PLAY
FAST FORWARD
PAUSE
REWIND

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Document Camera Controls:
ZOOM ARROW DOWN-zoom out
ZOOM ARROW UP-zoom in
FOCUS ARROWS UP & DOWN-adjusts focus
AUTO FOCUS ON/OFF-turns on or off auto focus function
LIGHTING-pressing the LIGHTING button once will
activate the backlight option. Pressing the LIGHTING
button again will turn off all lights. A third press on the
LIGHTING button will return you to the default setting.
CAMERA- selects the document camera as the source
(default setting)
VIDEO 1- selects source that is connected to “VID 1” input
on the document camera
VIDEO 2-selects source that is connected to “VID 2” input
on the document camera.

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HELP MENU
Pressing the HELP button will bring up the Video Images
Helpdesk screen, which displays the Video Images Helpdesk
phone number. Additionally, there are four buttons at the
bottom of the screen that provide tips for a successful
distance-learning event.
SESSION TIPS-see on screen menu
EQUIPMENT TIPS-see on screen menu
OPERATION TIPS-see on screen menu
EXTERNAL BUTTONS-displays functionality assigned to
each external button

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SYSTEM MENU
The SYSTEM button when pressed will display the battery
life indicator as well as the following selections:
SYSTEM POWER ON/OFF-turns system power off and on
EXTERNAL BUTTONS-displays functionality assigned to
each external button
MUTE DISPLAY ON-turns on the mute display
MUTE DISPLAY OFF-turns off the mute display
STEREO ON/OFF-turns stereo audio on or off. This should
only be used during a stereo broadcast. If the session is a
“mono” broadcast you will loose audio in one speaker.
BRIGHTNESS-allows for adjustment of brightness and
contrast of the Viewpoint touch screen

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CLEANING THE TOUCH OVERLAY
The manufacturer suggests you clean the touch screen
overlay after each day’s use.
1. Obtain two clean cotton cloths and spray bottle of
cleaning solution consisting of 50% isopropyl alcohol
and 50% water.
2. Spray a small amount of the cleaning solution onto one
of the cloths.
3. Clean touch panel overlay with the damp cloth.
4. Wipe touch panel overlay with the dry cloth.
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STORAGE
If you are not going to use your Viewpoint for several weeks,
it is recommended that you leave it out of the charging
cradle. When you are ready to use it again, place the
Viewpoint back in the recharging cradle for 5-6 hours for a
full charge.

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